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Lerdo is the name of a city in the Mexican State of Durango. located 250 kilometers from the capital of the State, which is part of the Comarca Lagunera call altogether with other cities such as Gómez Palacio, Torreón, and more.Lerdo city has its origin closely linked to Spain, when in may 1598 the Mission of evangelization called Mission San Juan de caste by the missionary Jesuit Juan Agustín de Espinoza, assisted by Captain Antonio Marín Zapata, originally from Madrid, arrived at the banks of the river Nazas and gave place to the first Spanish settlement in La Laguna, Durango.Lerdo city owes its name to the illustrious liberal Mexican Miguel Lerdo de Tejada.